New Labour Laws in Old Member States

Rebecca Zahn is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde. From 2010 to 2011 she held a Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute, Florence. She serves as the Labour Law Section Convenor for the Society of Legal Scholars and is the elected Secretary of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies.

'This is an excellent, well-written book which rewards a close reading. In particular, its originality in bringing research on traditional trade union responses to labour migration together with the debate on Europeanisation and labour law is to be commended.' Cliodhna Murphy, Industrial Law Journal

• 1. Introduction; 2. The national context: historical developments; 3. Europeanisation and European labour law; 4. Europeanisation and the CJEU; 5. The national context: trade unions, migrant workers and the European Union enlargements; 6. Austria; 7. Germany; 8. Ireland; 9. Sweden; 10. The UK; 11. Analysis of trade union responses; 12. Trade unions, new member state workers and Europeanisation: effects and opportunities; 13. The kind of laws the unions ought to want; 14. Conclusion.